Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee: Step by step building Con Cuong into an ecological urban area

On the afternoon of November 4, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, together with leaders of departments and branches, had a working session with the Standing Committee of Con Cuong District Party Committee on the socio-economic situation in 2021 and the first 9 months of 2022; tasks and solutions for the last months of 2022.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the meeting with the Standing Committee of Con Cuong District Party Committee. Photo: Pham Bang

COMMUNITY TOURISM AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION ARE ATTENTIVE

Reporting to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the working delegation, Chairman of the Con Cuong District People's Committee Hoang Sy Kien said that the total production value of the district in 2021 reached more than 2,555 billion VND. The total budget revenue in the area in 2021 was 25 billion 702 million VND. The disbursement rate of concentrated public investment capital managed by the province reached 99.57%. In 2021, the Provincial People's Committee approved the policy of 3 projects in the area, with a total investment of 216.96 billion VND.

In the first 9 months of 2022, the growth rate of production value reached 6.22%; it is expected that in 2022, 23/25 socio-economic development targets will be achieved and exceeded compared to the plan assigned by the District People's Council. Budget revenue in the first 9 months reached more than 16 billion VND, reaching 78.18% of the estimate assigned by the province.

Chairman of Con Cuong District People's Committee Hoang Sy Kien reports on socio-economic results in 2021 and the first 9 months of 2022. Photo: Pham Bang

In the district, there are many very effective production models, agricultural products serving tourists are increasingly abundant. The new rural construction program continues to receive attention and direction, 3/12 communes have been recognized as meeting new rural standards. The district has 13 products classified as OCOP, of which 7 products have 4 stars and 6 products have 3 stars.

Community tourism in the area has developed rapidly, becoming an attractive destination in the journey to explore the Western region of Nghe An. The work of preserving and promoting the fine traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic groups has received attention. Poverty reduction programs and projects, ethnic policies, mountainous areas, and social security have been effectively implemented. National defense and security are basically guaranteed.

Director of the Department of Tourism Nguyen Manh Cuong said that the district needs to preserve the cultural identity of the people and improve tourist routes. Photo: Pham Bang

Con Cuong district also frankly assessed that the district's technical infrastructure and facilities are still weak and have not met the development requirements in the new period. Especially, the facilities of administrative agencies at all levels and schools are still lacking; the geographical location is far from the center, so attracting investment is difficult.

Budget revenue in the area is still limited. People lack land for production, while the area of ​​​​poor forest land is not converted to land for production for the people. The intellectual level of the people is still low and uneven; customs and practices are still backward; a part of the people have the mindset of waiting and relying on the State's mechanisms and policies.

Director of the Department of Construction Nguyen Truong Giang speaks at the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

At the meeting, leaders of departments and branches basically agreed with the district's report and suggested more contents, such as the district needs to focus on quickly implementing 3 national target programs; focus on overcoming damage after natural disasters, focus on developing raw material crops and industrial crops.

Developing concentrated livestock farming; investing in building agricultural and rural infrastructure; promoting the development of craft villages associated with community tourism development; preserving the cultural identity of ethnic minorities, perfecting tourist routes; focusing resources on investing in rural transport infrastructure; perfecting planning...

Con Cuong District Party Secretary Nguyen Dinh Hung speaks at the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

STEP BY STEP BUILDING CON CUONG INTO AN ECOLOGICAL CITY

Concluding the meeting, Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that Con Cuong is a land containing many great historical and cultural traditional values. However, this is also an area with many difficulties, large area, low living standards of people, and is often affected by natural disasters.

Sharing the difficulties of the district, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that the Party Committee, government, armed forces, and ethnic people of Con Cuong district have made efforts and achieved positive results, demonstrated by 5 positive stability: economic development; culture - society, social security; ecological environment; national defense - security, order, social safety; internal stability.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee concluded the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

In addition to the positive results, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested Con Cuong district to frankly acknowledge the shortcomings and limitations, especially the subjective causes. These are the low economic scale, slow disbursement of public investment capital, and administrative reform being at the bottom of the province.

Regarding the development orientation in the coming time, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung agreed with the goal of building Con Cuong to develop sustainably, gradually becoming an ecological urban area.

To realize the above goal, the Standing Committee of Con Cuong District Party Committee needs to review the goals, targets and tasks in the Resolution of the 27th District Party Congress. In particular, review the goal of developing Con Cuong into an ecological urban area according to the Project by 2015.

Comrades in the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee and the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee participated in the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

In particular, the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee can unanimously recommend to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee to consider and issue a Resolution to help Con Cuong achieve the goal of developing into an ecological urban area. In the Resolution, an important factor is to have a specific mechanism so that Con Cuong has the conditions and resources to achieve the above goal.

On the other hand, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung also suggested that the district pay attention to reviewing and completing the district planning, following the Provincial Planning to identify Con Cuong as one of the 6 urban areas according to a suitable roadmap. Select the central part of Con Cuong town to plan into a general planning for town construction, suitable to actual conditions.

Leaders of departments, branches and sectors attended the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang

In addition, the district also needs to pay attention to land use planning in the direction of effective and economical use, promoting land resources to achieve development goals; Planning traffic infrastructure to create space for economic development, forming urban areas and areas for trade and service development; Planning infrastructure for production, trade and service infrastructure and planning for tourism development - one of the development focuses of Con Cuong district.

Regarding economic development, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung said that, with the development goals and conditions of the district, Con Cuong should focus on developing a green economy. In particular, developing agriculture in an ecological direction, promoting the potential and advantages of forest economy, agricultural economy, forming raw material and medicinal areas under the forest canopy. The district strives to have branded, large-scale agricultural and forestry products, linked from production - processing - consumption.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung visited the booth displaying local products at the Tham Nang Man scenic relic site. Photo: Pham Bang

In addition, the district also needs to continue to implement the goal of building new rural areas in a practical direction, associated with adding more OCOP products. Continue to develop trade, services, and tourism. In particular, eco-tourism and discovery tourism stand out, because these are favorable conditions of the district, combining the cultural and culinary values ​​of the people. In addition to budget resources, the district tries to attract investors so that this potential and advantage can be promoted more strongly.

The head of the Provincial People's Committee also requested Con Cuong district to continue to mobilize and effectively manage resources, first of all investment resources from the State budget in line with the right objectives, right subjects, and efficiency according to the decentralized authority; promote disbursement of public investment capital in 2022 as committed, speed up the progress of key projects. For non-budgetary resources, it is necessary to focus on continuing to support businesses with conditions for development.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung inspected the construction progress of Thanh Nam Bridge. Photo: Pham Bang

Con Cuong also needs to protect resources and environment, perform well the role of preserving ecological diversity; be proactive in natural disaster prevention and control, ensure the safety of people's lives and property; take care of cultural and social fields, ensure social security. In particular, focus on people's health care; improve the quality of education; promote the cultural identity of ethnic groups; reduce poverty, eliminate the mentality of waiting and relying.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung also requested the district to strengthen State management, promote administrative reform, apply information technology to implement digital transformation, improve the investment environment, and improve the quality of services for people and businesses. Continue to ensure national defense and security; maintain political stability, maintain security, order, and social safety; maintain good relations with the province sharing the border with Laos; maintain the great national unity bloc.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee listened to the introduction of the planning of the administrative area of ​​Con Cuong district. Photo: Pham Bang

Regarding the district's recommendations, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee agreed to support the budget for planning the district's regional planning and general urban planning; and support the district with 7,000 tons of cement to build new rural areas. For investment in key projects, the district needs to prioritize investment and balance resources to implement them according to actual conditions, reasonably, and not spread out.

Earlier, on the same morning, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung and the provincial working delegation visited Tham Nang Man scenic relic site; inspected the planning of the district administrative area; inspected the progress of the Thanh Nam Bridge Project and visited Pu Mat Medicinal Materials Joint Stock Company.